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Question 1

bacterial causes of OM

Answer 1

strep pneumonia; non-typeable H flu; and moraxella catarrhalis; viruses causing simple URI can also cause acute OM

Question 2

penicillin allergic patientes with acute otitis medi

Answer 2

macrolide

Question 3

pathogens most common in otitis externa

Answer 3

pseudomonas, staph aureus, or candida albicans; can also develop in a patient with AOM that burst through the TM

Question 4

clinical features of otitis external

Answer 4

pain, itching, and drainage from the ear; erythema and edema of the external aud canal; visualization of TM is important to exclude perforation of the TM

Question 5

treatment of otitis externa

Answer 5

acetic acid solution for minor cases; for severe cases, topical antibiotics (sometimes with topical corticosteroid) are prescribed

Question 6

how to treat perforated acute OM

Answer 6

both oral and topical antibiotics

Question 7

bacterial causes of cervical lymphadenitis

Answer 7

staph aureus is most common; strep pyogenes; mycobacterial infections (TB); B. henselae (which causes cat scratch disease)